Wow---wonderful animation! Thanks for
sharing that one, Frank!
Some of you may remember that I volunteer at a
crisis pregnancy center, and young women come in--often
just walk in--
for free pregnancy tests. If the test is positive,
(and the woman agrees to my reading from the
Bible)
I read most of Psalm 139 from my NIV, and
offer her a Bible, as well, if she'd like to
have one.
I love the NIV for this, because the
wording is "knit"....and it's a word which can really
speaks to her heart.
I share with her that even if this baby wasn't
planned, and she's shaken by the test results
and how that will change her life,
GOD sees
this little one, and He is forming his or her
being. He already has a plan for
this litttle one He's creating--
in her body.
The next point is that only God can create--Man
can put an ovum and a few sperm into a dish, so that a
pregnancy
is begun. But that is not really creating---because
only God can make those 2 wondrously
complex original cells.
Then I ask her to note the wording "...You
knit me together in my mother's womb"
and ask her if she's ever seen a DNA double helix (most
have)
My point continues:
"David may have written this psalm when he was still a shepherd
boy, before he even became King. David knew
nothing
about DNA, and yet---when you look at a DNA
double helix, what does the DNA, winding around and
around, look like to you? "
She usually volunteers, "yarn or thread?"
Then the awe that she feels at what God is
doing, even for her, often surprises her--
A number of young women decide to carry
their babies--when thinking initially of abortion-- because
of this Psalm!
Our Lord does wondrously create
us!
Praise to
Your Name, O Lord!
From Ps 139 (emphasis mine)
13 For you created my inmost
being;
you knit
me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am
fearfully and wonderfully made;
your
works are wonderful,
I
know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden
from you
when
I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together
in the depths of the earth,
16 your
eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for
me
were
written in your book
before
one of them came to be.
God bless, and
praying I'll meet
you all very S-O-O-N!
(Randy, my DH and I are with you---maybe Rosh HaShana?
:))
YSIC,
Jan in AZ